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04/27/2010

Everyone's Travel Club sails Hobie cats in Florida!

Hello fellow adventurers, doesn't that look nice. My Mom always says that people travel great lengths to find a beach as good as the one at many of our American doorsteps: the Florida panhandle. In the next two posts Everyone's Travel Club will be sharing from our adventure sailing a few Hobie cat sailboats near Navarre and Pensacola Beach Florida.

If you are a beginning sailor and have the points of sail down, I highly suggest trying out a small boat (the Hobies that we sailed were pretty much for beginners...a.k.a. pretty hard to tip unless it is really windy). These rotomolded Hobie cats (cat is short for catamaran) are pretty stable compared to a lot of single hulled boats the same size. Plus, unlike our home-base here in the Northwest, the water down there is pretty warm, especially in the summer.

So, definitely put on some sunscreen and check out some pics of Everyone's Travel Club sailing Hobie cats in Florida part 1 of 2!

Above is one of the two boats we rented (usually hourly, 1/2 day, or full-day). This is the Hobie Wave, the other was the larger Hobie Getaway. One of the coolest things about these particular Hobies in Florida (lots of sand) is you can beach them practically anywhere. Below are a few photos to illustrate my earlier point - the beach that everyone thinks is somewhere farther away...

Next are a few photos of the larger Hobie. It has a jib and a lot more room on the trampoline (in the middle where you put your legs). Both of these cats have a buoy on the top of the mast that keeps the boat from turning upside down if you tipped it over. Tipping her on her side, although undesirable, could still be put back to normal in the water...if she didn't have one of those floats on top of the mast and was upside down, mast facing to the depths of the sea, good luck.

A little wildlife...

Here is a picture of the ocean side of the beach when a storm started to blow in (very common in the summer). We were actually sailing on the bay side, but it's easy to walk over the skinny strip of sand that separates the two. How did the storm affect our first day on the water? Is it better to rent from Pensacola Beach or Navarre Beach? You'll have to check back to the blog on Friday to find out!